Till a few days ago most of India would have said this. Who is Ramnath Kovind, the BJP nominee for the President of India? Now we have the answer to Who he is, but not the Why, or What to expect of him. We now know that he has been the Governor of Bihar since…

(Third part of the trilogy “Seeing Red” and “Orange or Purple Caps”) We stop at a traffic signal when the light is red. It then turns to amber (saffron), before the green light gives us the signal to move ahead. I have unwittingly followed this colour sequence in my trilogy on the bishops of U.P.…

(A sequel to “Seeing Red”) Those familiar with the ongoing Indian Premier League would know that the orange cap is worn by the batsman scoring the maximum runs, and the purple one is worn by the bowler who has taken the most wickets. They are the players in the field, performing under pressure. The umpires,…

Why was Mary missing from what Christians consider the most momentous event in salvation history and the most defining moment in human history – the Resurrection? Was it an oversight on the part of the four evangelists reporting the event? In my book “Beyond 2000” written for the third millennium of Christianity I had termed…

Last week the Prime Minister dramatically announced that red beacons would be removed from the cars of netas and babus. The gullible junta applauded. What the PM did not say was whether the hooters/ sirens on these vehicles and their escorts, with which they cut a swathe through dense traffic, would also be dispensed with.…

Readers will pardon me for my penchant for birds (both varieties)! Post the State elections I wrote “The Dove and the Crow”, followed by “From Crow to Hawk”. Now I have climbed the evolutionary ladder to call this piece “Legal Eagle”. It does have a touch of the best seller “Where Eagles Dare”. Except that…